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Efficacy of bortezomib in refractory form of multicentric Castleman disease associated to poems syndrome (MCD-POEMS variant)

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  1. Servicio de Hematologia y Hemoterapia, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, c/Choupana s/n, 15-706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Marta Anna Sobas, Natalia Alonso Vence, Jose Diaz Arias, Angeles Bendaña Lopez & Jose Luis Bello Lopez

  2. Servicio de Anatomia Patologica, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Maximo Fraga Rodriguez

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Sobas, M.A., Alonso Vence, N., Diaz Arias, J. et al. Efficacy of bortezomib in refractory form of multicentric Castleman disease associated to poems syndrome (MCD-POEMS variant). Ann Hematol 89, 217–219 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0795-6

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